Dancer with Bruised Knees

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Reception

Template:Album ratings Robert Christgau said the album is "not as tuneful as some might wish" but is nonetheless "even better than the debut". He particularly complimented the studio techniques.<ref name="CG"/> The Globe and Mail determined that "their songwriting is serious business but the informality of their records remains their most charming asset".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The New York Times noted that "there is an element of coyness here that is slightly disconcerting... And the songs—Anna's in particular—don't match the great songs on the first album."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Track listing

1. "Dancer with Bruised Knees" (Anna McGarrigle) – 3:46
2. "Southern Boys" (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:20
3. "No Biscuit Blues" (William Dumaresq, Galt MacDermot) – 1:43
4. "First Born" (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:55
5. "Blanche comme la neige" (Traditional; arranged by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 3:44
6. "Perrine était servante" (Traditional; arranged by Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 3:14
7. "Be My Baby" (Anna McGarrigle) – 3:11
8. "Walking Song" (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:33
9. "Naufragée du tendre (Shipwrecked)" (Anna McGarrigle, Philippe Tatartcheff) – 3:46
10. "Hommage à Grungie" (Kate McGarrigle) – 3:54
11. "Kitty Come Home" (Anna McGarrigle) – 4:36
12. "Come a Long Way" (Kate McGarrigle) – 2:17

Personnel

• Anna McGarrigle - banjo, button accordion on "First Born" and "Come a Long Way", keyboards, vocals (tracks A1, A5-B1, B3, B5, B6)
• Kate McGarrigle - guitar, piano, button accordion on "Blanche Comme la Neige" and "Perrine Etait Servante", organ on "Kitty Come Home", banjo on "Come a Long way", vocals (tracks A2-A6, B2-B4, B6)
• John Cale - organ on "Dancer with Bruised Knees"; marimba on "Be My Baby"
• Richard Davis - bass guitar on "Southern Boys"
• Grady Tate - drums on "Dancer with Bruised Knees"
• Sue Evans - percussion on "Be My Baby"
• George Bohanon - horns on "Naufragee du Tendre (Shipwrecked)"
• Jane McGarrigle - organ on "Blanche Comme la Neige" and "Perrine Etait Servante"
• Andrew Cowan - guitar
• Ron Doleman - violin on "Blanche Comme la Neige" and "Perrine Etait Servante"
• Pat Donaldson, Michael Visceglia - bass guitar
• Gordie Fleming - accordion on "Walking Song"
• Steve Gadd - drums
• Scot Lang - guitar
• Dane Lanken - trumpet on "Perrine Etait Servante"
• Gilles Losier - bass on "Walking Song", violin
• Dave Mattacks - drums
• Tommy Morgan - harmonica on "Southern Boys"
• Ken Pearson - organ on "First Born" and "Be My Baby", electric piano on "Naufragee du Tendre (Shipwrecked)"
• Warren Smith - congas on "First Born"
• Chaim Tannenbaum - guitar, harmonica on "The Biscuit Song" and "Hommage a Grungie", mandolin and recorder on "Blanche Comme la Neige", recorder on "Perrine Etait Servante", backing vocals
• Jay Ungar - violin on "Come a Long Way"
• Peter Weldon - banjo, harmonica on "Blanche Comme la Neige" and "Perrine Etait Servante", vocals

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